Mike Van Wie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of School & Health Service Psychology,
College of Human Sciences and Humanities
Email: vanwie@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou 1508.16
Biography
Dr. Van Wie received his Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Missouri
and completed an APA-approved pre-doctoral internship at the Johns Hopkins School
of Medicine/Kennedy Krieger Institute Behavioral Psychology program. Following completion
of his internship, he continued at JHSOM/KKI for postdoctoral training with the Child
and Family Therapy Clinic. While at KKI, Dr. Van Wie provided evidence based therapy
to children, adolescents, and families. Dr. Van Wie is a National Credentialed School
Psychologist (NCSP).
Dr. Van Wie directs the Stress Assessment and Intervention Lab. His research program
broadly focuses on youth internalizing disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive
disorders). He is interested in identifying strategies to improve multi-informant
assessment methods and incorporating discrepant youth and caregiver reports into comprehensive
treatment approaches. Dr. Van Wie is also interested in measuring trajectories of
youth internalizing disorders to identify early intervention and prevention strategies
across youth, parent, and school-wide interventions.
Dr. Van Wie is committed to mentoring graduate students across masters and doctoral
level programs in the department. As an advisor, Dr. Van Wie aims to support students
growth as independent researchers and scholars. He runs an active research lab, which
is routinely engaged in designing and implementing experimental interventions, analyzing
results, publishing outcomes and disseminating information at conferences and trainings.
See his curriculum vitae for more information and a link to the lab website. He will
be accepting doctoral students for the 2024-2025 academic year (application year 2023).
Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Expertise
- Developmental psychopathology
- Internalizing disorders
- School mental health
- Functional family therapy
- Parent behavior management interventions